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unit conversion
TOOLS
LANGUAGE
MATHEMATICS
PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
quantities which describe
matter
Fundamental Quantities
Derived Quantities
QUANTITY
SYMBOL
UNIT
Length
m (meter)
Mass
kg (kilogram)
Time
s (second)
Electric current
A (ampere)
Temperature
K (Kelvin)
Typical Lengths or
Distances
Length or
Meters
distance
Size of an
1 x 10-10 m
atom
Size of a red 8 x 10-6 m
blood cell
Typical height 1.75 m
of a person
Typical Masses
Object
Mass (kg)
DNA
10-17 kg
molecule
Bacterium
10-15 kg
Mosquito
10-5 kg
measurement
Measurement of any
quantity is made relative to a
particular standard or unit.
This unit must be specified
along with the numerical value
of the quantity.
T
G
M
k
h
da
1012
109
106
103
102
101
100
deci
centi
milli
micro
nano
pico
femto
d
c
m
n
p
f
10-1
10-2
10-3
10-6
10-9
10-12
10-15
Seatwork
Convert the following:
1. 5 km to _____ m
2. 23 nm to ______ km
3. 50 Ms to _______ms
4. 10 m to _______dm
5. 15 mm to ______nm
6. 45 m/s to _______km/h
7. 45 kg to ________ mg
8. 500 mL to ______ L
9. 35 m/h to _____ cm/s
10. 180 dm to _____m
English System
1 inch
1 foot
1 yard
1 mile
1 ounce
1 pound
1 acre
1 tablespoon
1 gallon
Metric System
2.54 centimeters
30.48 centimeters
0.91 meter
1.61 kilometer
28.35 grams
0.45 kilogram
0.40 hectare
3 teaspoons
3.79 liters
application
DOSAGE CALCULATION
examples
How many tablets containing 62.5 g will be required to
give a dose of 0.125 mg?
A client is ordered 2.5 grams of Neomycin sulphate.
500 milligram tablets are available. How many tablets
will you give?
FLUID DOSAGE
Examples:
1. A client is ordered 15 mg of stemetil. You have
2mL of solution on hand which contains 25 mg
Stemetil. What volume of solution should you
give?
2. A client is ordered 50 mg of Aminophylline
intravenously. 250 milligrams in 10 milliliters of
liquid for IV injection is available. How many
milliliters will you administer?